Get off the beaten track and discover Copenhagen’s secret destinations away from the crowds. Beneath the surface you'll discover a wide array of fun and interesting family friendly activities.  

The Children's Fire Station

 Bring the kids to the new and wonderful fire museum at Vesterbro Fire Station - where a special area has been set up as the 'Children's Fire Station.' Here, the little ones can dress up and play as firefighters and ambulance rescuers who extinguish large fires. Admission is free for everyone.

Location: Enghavevej 170, 2450 Copenhagen

The Police Museum 

The Police Museum: Mysteries and Puzzles The Police Museum is Denmark's nationwide museum for police history - here you can learn more about the significant police cases in history. The museum often hosts fun and challenging special events for children - especially during school holidays, where you can solve mysteries and puzzles, check fingerprints, try on police uniforms, explore a real police car, and much, much more.

Where? Fælledvej 20, 2200 Copenhagen N

Konditaget Lüders

Konditaget Lüders is hidden on top of a large parking garage in Nordhavn. At first glance, you can't see that there's a big, cool playground on top of the 24-meter-high parking garage, but there is! Here you'll find trampolines, a climbing spiral, swings, plenty of exercise facilities, and of course, a fantastic view of the harbor and the Øresund.

Location: Helsinkigade 28, 2100 Copenhagen Ø

The Children's Petting Zoo

The Petting Zoo is a voluntary association the purpose of which is to encourage children’s relation to nature and animals. Especially children from Sydhavnen use the animal farm. It is possible to have your rabbit stay in one of the many rabbit hutches or share one of the horses. At the moment, there is room for about 20 rabbits and the Petting Zoo has 6 horses. Additionally, the farm has some cheeky goats and tame cats the children can play with.

Location: Wagnersvej 19, 2450 København SV

Classen's Garden

Classens’ Garden is a small, “secret” park, which lies hidden in a courtyard on Østerbro. Here you will find a small, quaint playground for the smaller children, with playhouses, monkey bars and jungle gyms, sandpits and gangways. The park is a beautiful and safe oasis as it is separated from the noise and traffic of the city – perfect for families with young children! In addition, the playground is fenced off and thereby separated from the rest of the gardens.

Location: Classensgade, 2100 Copenhagen Ø

The Cisterns

How about a trip underground? Deep below Søndermarken’s green grass on Frederiksberg lies The Cisterns – the stalactite caves of Copenhagen. Originally a reservoir which supplied the citizens of the capital with clean drinking water, but which now is the center of mysterious underground passages and fantastic art exhibitions.

Location: Søndermarken , 2000 Frederiksberg

Trekroner Sea Fort

You can also visit the artificial island the Sea Fort of Trekroner from the 18 th century which lies in the harbor of Copenhagen! The Fort played a part in slaget på Reden (The Battle of Copenhagen) on april 2 nd 1801 and soldiers lived there during World War 1. There are interactive and exciting tours for children and plenty of opportunity to go explore the mysterious fort. Remember your flashlight! Copenhagen Water Shuttle sails from Isbjørnen by Langelinjekaj 5.

Location: Trekroner 1, 1259 Copenhagen K

The Tassel Home

Experience an old apartment exactly as it looked like in 1890! Two old sisters donated their childhood home to the National Museum of Denmark and the apartment has received the flattering name “Klunkehjemmet” (also meaning the Testicle Home) because of the tassels decorating the furniture, typical of the time period. The tour guide will also describe how the life was of people who lived in a home like that.

Location:  Ny Vestergade 10, 1471 Copenhagen K

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